Did Miami Dolphins off-season moves bring “culture change?”

The Miami Dolphins have made some fans happy and some very upset given the roster moves they have made this off-season.

While many believe there are more moves to come the bulk of the big moves should be over. Miami will continue to add to their roster and are currently expected to meet with running back DeMarco Murray who last played for the Titans.

Miami has felt the vocal wrath of some fans but most fans understand that a move was needed in many of these cases. The Dolphins formula for winning simply wasn’t working. In 2016 the Dolphins made the post-season and fans believed that even without Ryan Tannehill in 2017 the team should have been much better. They were not and the cracks in the teams foundation were very clear.

Miami has said they are going for a “culture change” in the locker room and on the field. That may be true but what exactly is the change they are looking for? What is the breakdown of “culture” that Miami needs to fix? Is this a left over problem from the Joe Philbin that Adam Gase is trying to fix or did he realize what he was pushing the last two years wasn’t working?

We may not know the answers to those questions but Gase has the type of ego that is more in line with finding players that fit what he expects rather than being lenient to those who do not share the same vision.

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There are two types of leaders that we hear about. Those who are quieter and lead by example. Those players are the ones who do their job and if you want to learn how to do that job well, then you watch them. You learn from what they do but you do that on your own. They are not going to push you to do it.

The other leaders are the ones who tell you how to do it. They get in your face and encourage you, lift you up to make that 3rd down stop. They lead with actions and words. They show you how to do it, tell you how to do it, and when you get down because you missed an assignment they are the ones who are going encourage you to get over it.

Miami has lacked the second of those leaders on almost every unit of the team and that very well may be the culture change the Dolphins are looking for.

Looking at the entire make-up of the Dolphins roster moves this short off-season could shed some light on what the Dolphins are trying to do in terms of that “culture-change”.